Adherence to the healthy and sustainable dietary recommendations for the Spanish population and all-cause mortality.

Introduction And Objectives: The healthy and sustainable dietary recommendations for the Spanish population have recently been launched. We aimed to develop a food-based dietary index to measure adherence to these guidelines and assess its association with all-cause mortality.

Methods: Data were drawn from 11 904 individuals, representative of the Spanish population aged 18 and older, recruited between 2008 and 2010, and followed-up until 2022.

Reduction of sugar, salt and fat content in foods over the period 2016-2021 in Spain: the National Food Reformulation Plan.

Background/objectives: Population´s dietary intake of saturated fat, sodium, and sugars is higher than the current recommendations in Spain and most European countries. Nationwide food reformulation strategies have the potential to improve nutritional quality; however, evaluations are only available in a few countries and are difficult to compare. This study shows the degree of compliance with the nutrient reduction objectives included in a 4-year (2016-2020) Spanish food reformulation initiative.

Socio-geographical disparities of obesity and excess weight in adults in Spain: insights from the ENE-COVID study.

Background: In Spain, differences in the prevalence of obesity and excess weight according to sex and sociodemographic factors have been described at the national level, although current data do not allow to delve into geographical differences for these conditions. The aim was to estimate national and regional prevalences of adult obesity and excess weight in Spain by sex and sociodemographic characteristics, and to explore difference sources of inequalities in its distribution, as well as its geographical pattern.

Method: ENE-COVID study was a nationwide representative seroepidemiological survey with 57,131 participants.

[Qualitative study on food perceptions, dietary practices and healthy lifestyles in the adolescent population.].

Objective: Child and adolescent obesity is a biggest public health challenge. Adolescence is a critical stage for growth and development. The objective of the research was to explore and understand the perceptions of the adolescent population about eating and healthy lifestyle habits, and the identification of barriers and facilitators.

Resumption of endoscopy in the Galician colorectal cancer screening programme after the COVID-19 lock down: patient safety results.

The COVID-19 pandemic meant that the population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs had to be suspended. Modifications were made to the organization in order to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. We report the experience of the Galician CRC screening program and patient safety results.

[Epidemiology of varicella in spain pre-and post-vaccination periods].

Background: Varicella virus can cause two different diseases: chickenpox and herpes zoster. In 2005 varicella vaccine has been introduced in the Spanish national vaccination schedule for 10-14 years old non-immune people, in order to reduce the severity of the disease. In 2007 a new surveillance protocol with aggregate data for chickenpox and herpes zoster was approved in order to detect any change in age distribution, severity and complications of the chickenpox and herpes zoster cases.

[Disease burden due to vaccinable diseases in the Spanish population aged less than 15 years old].

Objectives: To estimate the burden of disease due to vaccinable diseases and the relative importance of these diseases in the health of the Spanish population aged less than 15 years old.

Methods: Disease burden was measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). DALYs were computed by adding years of life lost (YLL) to years lived with disability (YLD).

[Cost-effectiveness of varicella vaccination in Spanish adolescents].

Introduction: Varicella is a highly contagious disease. In Spain, in 1996, 91% of the population aged 13 years old had been infected. The complications of varicella are more frequent in adults.